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Web Site Privacy Policy
Effective January 2006
Thank you for visiting Best-Ponds.com. This privacy policy ("Policy") applies to this web site Best-Ponds.com. This Policy explains what information Best-Ponds.com collects on the Web site and how such information is used. By visiting this site, you signify your acceptance of this Policy.
Best-Ponds.com reserves the right to change the terms of this Policy at any time. Any changes will become effective as soon as we publish notice of them. We may publish notice by any reasonable means, including by e-mail or by posting notice on our Web sites. Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to providing our valuable customers with the best and most useful information available anywhere and protecting our customers' privacy. We are committed to the ethical and fair use of the information we collect. We record certain information about visitors to our Web sites for the purpose of making our Web sites more informative and useful to our customers. The information we collect from our Web sites is limited to.
Use of E-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by E-mail. Our server does not collect your E-mail address unless you specifically provide it to us or communicate with us via E-mail. We will use your E-mail address to respond to your inquiries or to send you our free e-mail letters and e-promotions, if you request them. We may also use your e-mail address to correspond with you about your account or to send you information about %url or related sites. We do not make your E-mail address available to other organizations for commercial purposes unless we have your consent to do so, or as otherwise described in this Policy. Counts and trends regarding what pages people look at on our Web sites. Example: We can determine which pages on our Web sites are visited most often, and which operating systems (such as Windows 95 or Macintosh OS) and Web browsers (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer) are the most popular. None of this information identifies you personally. We use the information in the aggregate only to improve our Web sites and make them more informative. Information volunteered by site visitors. We collect personal information about our customers on customer service forms, subscription forms, surveys, contests and promotions. Our agents and vendors, such as database architects and e-mail broadcasters, who have access to our customers’ personally identifying information, are instructed to only use this information in connection with the work they are doing for Boardroom and no for no other purpose.
Best-Ponds.com may disclose information by or about visitors to the Web sites in order to (1) comply with applicable laws, (2) respond to governmental inquiries, (3) comply with valid legal process, and (4) protect the rights or property of Best-Ponds.com. Cookies. We may use cookies on the Web sites to help make our visitors’ experience more enjoyable and to help us understand how visitors use the Web sites. Cookies are small text files that we place on a user’s computer. Cookies allow us to recognize users when they return to, and navigate through the pages of, the Web sites. Cookies also allow us to measure the number of times a user clicks to articles on our Web sites that are featured in our e-mail letter, as well as the "passalong rate" (that is, when the e-mail is forwarded) and sales of our products advertised in the e-letter. They also allow us to deliver e-mail that is more relevant to each e-mail letter recipient. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us the identity of an individual user unless such information is provided by that user. But if you choose to give us this information, it may be linked to the data stored in your cookie. If for some reason you would prefer not to take advantage of the benefits made possible by cookies, check your browser instructions. Most browsers allow you to reject cookies or to choose which cookies to accept.
Best-Ponds.com Newsletters For those who specifically request it, we occasionally send an E-mail letter with specially selected tips of the week and information about what's new on the Web sites and in the pages of our publications. We also send occasional e-mail letters for special events, such as holidays, to those who have requested our e-mail letter. If you do not want to receive this E-mail in the future, please let us know by filling out this form. Please understand that processing this request may take a few days and you may receive newsletters during this time. We appreciate your understanding during this process.
Best-Ponds.com may combine information provided by customers with information obtained from other independent sources. This will allowBest-Ponds.com to provide customers with more relevant services and promotional offers. Links from the Site
As a convenience, Best-Ponds.com may provide links on the Web sites to third party web sites. If you link to any of these third party web sites, this Policy will not apply to your use of those sites. We encourage you to read the legal notices posted on those sites, including their privacy policies. Boardroom shall have no responsibility or liability for the data collection and use practices of those sites. Consent to Processing
By providing information to Best-Ponds.com on any of the Web sites, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in, and the transfer of such information to, the United States and other countries or territories, in accordance with the terms of this Policy. Parents and Children Our Web sites are not directed nor targeted to, nor intended for use by, children, especially children under the age of 13. Parents, if you do not wish your children to use our Web sites, please let them know. Children, please ask your parents before you give out any information about yourself over the Internet. Security
Best-Ponds.com takes reasonable precautions to safeguard information transmitted between users and the Web Sites. Certain pages of the Web sites, including those that offer users the opportunity to provide credit card information for purchases, use Secured Socket Layers encryption. However, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open communications network, we can not guarantee that communications between you and Best-Ponds.com and information stored on our servers will be free from unauthorized access. Users understand and acknowledge this risk when communicating with, and providing information to, the Site. Transfer of Information in Business Transactions
As Best-Ponds.com continues to explore new business opportunities, it may need to, and reserves the right to, transfer and assign customer contact and Site usage information collected on the Site to one or more affiliated and unaffiliated entities as part of a business transaction.
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